At least 100 dead in gang clash at Ecuador jail; 5 beheaded

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian officials say the death toll from a gang battle inside a penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil has risen to more than 100 as authorities find more bodies.

Ecuador’s prison service said Wednesday that at least five of the dead had been beheaded.

The country’s prisons bureau says in a tweet that “as of the moment more than 100 dead and 52 injured have been confirmed” in Tuesday’s clash at the Guayas prison.

Earlier, the confirmed death toll had stood at 30 but a regional police commander had said bodies found in the prison’s pipelines were still being identified.

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